Championship

Championship | Gameweek 41

Jul 4, 2020 at 3pm UK

Kenilworth Road Stadium

Luton
0 - 5
Reading

FT(HT: 0-3)

Meite (17', 18', 35', 62'), Puscas (57')
Pele (15')

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Reading's Yakou Meite celebrates scoring the third of his four goals against Luton on July 4, 2020

Mark Bowen vindicated in decision to play four-goal Yakou Meite out wide

The forward scored four goals in a crushing win at Luton.

Jul 4, 17:46

The Match

Match Report

George Puscas also netted for the visitors.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Luton Town and Reading, including team news and predicted lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Reading win with a probability of 40.11%. A win for Luton Town had a probability of 34.18% and a draw had a probability of 25.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.45%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.65%) and 0-2 (6.71%). The likeliest Luton Town win was 1-0 (8.6%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.19%). The actual scoreline of 0-5 was predicted with a 0.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Reading would win this match.

Result
Luton Town	Draw	Reading
34.18%	25.71%	40.11%

Both teams to score 54.92%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.84%

49.16%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.77%

71.22%

Luton Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.46%

27.53%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.95%

63.04%

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.79%

24.2%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.45%

58.54%

Score Analysis

Luton Town 34.18%

Reading 40.11%

Draw 25.71%

Luton Town	Draw	Reading
1-0 @ 8.6% 2-1 @ 7.86% 2-0 @ 5.54% 3-1 @ 3.38% 3-2 @ 2.4% 3-0 @ 2.38% 4-1 @ 1.09% Other @ 2.92% Total : 34.18%	1-1 @ 12.19% 0-0 @ 6.66% 2-2 @ 5.58% 3-3 @ 1.13% Other @ 0.14% Total : 25.71%	0-1 @ 9.45% 1-2 @ 8.65% 0-2 @ 6.71% 1-3 @ 4.09% 0-3 @ 3.17% 2-3 @ 2.64% 1-4 @ 1.45% 0-4 @ 1.13% 2-4 @ 0.94% Other @ 1.89% Total : 40.11%